By Tennis Now | Thursday, November 22, 2018
Tennis Channel analyst Justin Gimelstob was booked on felony battery charges and released on $50,000 bail for an alleged attack on Halloween night.
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Justin Gimelstob turned Halloween night into a painful fright night for a friend of his estranged wife, police allege.
The Tennis Channel analyst and former coach of John Isner was arrested on Wednesday in West Los Angeles on a felony battery charge, The Los Angeles Times reports.
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The 41-year-old Gimelstob surrendered to police in West Los Angeles and was booked on a felony battery charge for the Halloween night attack.
In a bizarre story, Gimelstob, reportedly dressed as a pilot from the film Top Gun, snuck up behind venture capitalist Randall Kaplan, who was walking with his wife and and two-year-old daughter in Los Angeles at about 6:30 on Halloween night.
Gimelstob allegedly attacked Kaplan from behind striking him 50 times and threatening to kill him, Kaplan told police.
The assault left Kaplan with "large contusions and bruises on my face," as well as a possible concussion, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Kaplan, a friend of Gimelstob's estranged wife, Cary, alleges the former UCLA all American had previously threatened him. Kaplan claims he contacted Gimelstob's attorney to ask him to stop making threats.
Cary Gimelstob filed a domestic violence restraining order against estranged husband Justin in 2016, alleging he “physically assaulted, harassed, verbally attacked and stole,” according to The Los Angeles Times report.
Gimelstob was booked on felony battery charges and released on $50,000 bail.